Latest On Sangoma Who Ordered Ritual Murder Of P_rostitute By Teens

Mbare based self-proclaimed sangoma George Bingepinge, who is popularly known in the trade as Sekuru Hungwe, appeared in court yesterday on charges of murdering Harare lady of the night Samantha Hlahla. Samantha was discovered brutally murdered in her apartment at room 25 Trocadero Court in the Avenues area of Harare two weeks back.Two teenage boys aged 16 and 17 who have been arrested for the murder implicated Sekuru Hungwe in the whole sordid affair. The teenage killers alleged that Hungwe had directed them to murder a prostitute and to collect her blood so that it could be mixed with herbs to make a money-making charm which would allow them to get rich quickly. The suspects also said that Bingepinge had given them some so-called lucky charms which would render their target weak and powerless allowing them to commit the murder. When the two youthful killers were arrested detectives discovered calabashes of blood in their house. The boys said that they were waiting for further instructions from Bingepinge on what to do with the blood.